tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953075189477915652024-03-19T03:29:03.250-06:00Author Cindy C BennettCindy C Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925301214375222823noreply@blogger.comBlogger779125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795307518947791565.post-61756347494691612462019-05-30T07:00:00.000-06:002019-05-30T07:00:05.942-06:00Golden Gown by Sarah E. Boucher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Elyse has lost everything; her parents, her family home,
and the village where she is loved and respected. Still grieving, she arrives
in a new town where she must prove her skills as a seamstress. Overnight, she
creates a gown stunning enough to catch the princess’s eye and win the
community’s approval. With every eligible maiden clamoring for her designs,
Elyse must do everything in her power to appease them. No one can ever know
that in the moments when she doubts her abilities, a mysterious stranger with a
talent for tailoring and a penchant for damsels in distress comes to her aid.
If anyone ever discovers the truth, her reputation will be ruined.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Golden Gown</i> is
a blending of the classic fairy tales <i>Rumpelstiltskin</i>
and <i>The Shoemaker and The Elves</i>. The
magic of pure love woven through the tale will touch the hearts of all of its
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Sarah E. Boucher is a lover of fairy stories, romance,
anything BBC and Marvel, and really, really cute shoes. On weekdays she wears
respectable shoes and serves as Miss Boucher, the Queen of Kindergarten. On
school holidays she writes stories about romance and adventure. And wears
impractical super cute shoes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sarah is a graduate of Brigham Young University. She lives
and works in northern Utah.<i> Midnight Sisters</i> is her second
novel. Visit Sarah at <a href="http://www.saraheboucher.com/">SarahEBoucher.com</a> or
connect with her on <a href="https://twitter.com/saraheboucher">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/saraheboucher">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/sarieboucher">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/sarieb4u/">Pinterest</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sarah-E-Boucher/e/B00N9QGVDC">Amazon</a>, or <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4471993.Sarah_Boucher">Goodreads</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Golden Gown</i>, <i>Becoming Beauty</i>, and <i>Midnight Sisters</i> are now available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-E.-Boucher/e/B00N9QGVDC">Amazon</a>. During
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<u><b>Meet Elyse Morley (aka the miller’s daughter):</b><o:p></o:p></u></div>
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The heroine of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Golden
Gown</i>, Elyse Morely, is based primarily on my Grammy, Elsie Caraway. Secondarily,
she’s based on all the Boucher and Caraway women. Like the miller’s daughter in
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rumpelstiltskin</i>, Elyse is patient and
clever, but she is also talented and hardworking. Though she appears sweet and
naïve, when she’s cornered, her temper emerges. And of course, Gilberto De la
Vega is just annoying enough to trigger it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Elyse has lived her whole life in a small town and has
always been aware of her station. The women of the community, who see her has
nothing more than the daughter of a laundress and a candle maker, have treated
her with condescension for as long as she can remember. Though Elyse has taken
it all in stride, she’s been waiting for a chance to shine her whole life.
Watch her embrace her dreams of becoming a dressmaker:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I tugged on the cracked leather
handle and the trunk screeched across the floor. Given the level of dust
clinging to its exterior, it hadn’t been disturbed in quite some time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">“Right there will do, darling,”
Auntie said, pointing to a spot beside her bed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">The trunk dropped into place
before her. I wiped my palms on my apron, leaving twin patches of grey. Auntie
plied a cloth to the top and sides, revealing tarnished bronze hinges and an
elaborate monogram on the lid. I barely had time to make out the initials
before she heaved it open.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">“Is that my mother’s?” Somehow
the words made it past the lump forming in my throat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Aunt Lydia reached inside to
pull forth a grey gown with a lace overlay and draped it over the side of the
trunk. “She only wore them once or twice, so the fabric is still good.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I knelt beside her, resting a
hand on the trunk almost reverently. Lydia pulled forth dress after dress,
beautifully fashioned in soft hues. “They’re terribly outmoded,” she muttered,
her brows drawing together. She reached into the bottom of the trunk and drew
out a gold brocade gown scattered with a flower pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“No, it’s all wrong. Young women don’t wear
such heavy fabrics these days, do they?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I pulled the fabric forward
until it fell in a glowing puddle in my lap, releasing the faintest of
perfumes. Tears threatened at the back of my eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Lydia’s hand settled over mine,
as light as a bird. “I miss her too.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Suddenly, tears were rolling
down my cheeks as I thought of my mother. I swiped a hand over my damp cheeks.
“If she’d have thought of it, she’d have made them over years ago.” I sucked in
a shaky breath. “And sold them at a profit.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Lydia let out a chuckle. She
fished around in the trunk once more and a lavender-colored gown joined its
companions. “See anything inspiring?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">I riffled through the fabrics,
paying close attention to the weight and texture of each and imagining how
light would play over the warp and weft. I piled the grey and lavender gowns
into my arms. “You don’t think she’d mind, do you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">“Of course not.” She began to
refold the gowns and place them back in the trunk. “Once she chose a life with
your father, Rachel never looked back.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gowns to my chest and thought of the woman who had once been a debutante. Would
she approve of what I was making of my life?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Adventure. Love. Destiny.</div>
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Single mom Eden Saunders has learned that tragedy is simply a part of life. Her mother died during childbirth, and her husband was killed just three years after they married. On a journey to discover where she comes from, Eden inherits the key to unlocking new worlds from her deceased mother—including the world that should have been her home. The only thing stopping her from exploring them is the fear of leaving her daughter behind. Caught up in the circle of legacy, Eden discovers the mother-daughter bond that even death cannot break.</div>
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<b><u>My Review:</u></b> This is a really great book about discovering your roots, your destiny, and deciding what exactly to do with that knowledge when it will completely change your life. Eden is a fascinating character. I love the other worlds created by Steen, who does a great job using descriptive language to make you feel as if you're there with Eden. This is a great book I really recommend.</div>
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<strong>Release date: February 20, 2017.</strong></h4>
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<a href="http://thedoorkeepertrilogy.wordpress.com/">WEBSITE</a>/<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thedoorkeepertrilogy">FACEBOOK</a>/<a href="https://twitter.com/steenjones">TWITTER</a>/<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thedoorkeepertrilogy/">INSTAGRAM</a><br />
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Steen was born and raised in Woodstock, Georgia. While she has only recently discovered her passion for writing, she has always been an artist and a storyteller. A couple of years ago, a story idea gripped her and wouldn’t let go until she wrote it all down. <em>The Door Keeper</em> is her debut novel and she can’t wait to pursue all of the other stories that have built up in her over the last three and a half decades.
When she isn’t writing, reading, painting, or baking, Steen enjoys spending time Netflixing with her husband and playing in the pool with her two children at their North Georgia home. To read more about Steen, you can visit her on her <a href="http://thedoorkeepertrilogy.wordpress.com/">website</a>.
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<b><u>Excerpt: </u></b>Everything welled up inside me. Confusion, fear, overwhelming grief, love, wonderment . . . it was all consuming, like a nightmarish fog filling every square inch inside me, heavy and thick. I'd never met my mother, but over the past thirty minutes, I’d come to love her fiercely. And yet, I was angry, betrayed that she would leave me alone where I apparently didn’t belong—on the other side of her Door. Through the dense fog of emotion, light pierced the darkness—knowledge and information, both of which had eluded me until now. I knew I would likely spend the rest of my life trying to process this information, but some things seemed to fall into place. The puzzle pieces that were isolated from my life now pieced together, and I finally had part of my family tree, giving me roots on which I could stand.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome to the <i>Midnight Sisters</i>' Blog Tour and Giveaway! Learn all about author <a href="http://www.saraheboucher.com/" target="_blank">Sarah E. Boucher</a> and her exciting new novel based on the classic fairy tale <i>The Twelve Dancing Princesses</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Sarah E. Boucher is a lover of fairy stories, romance, anything BBC and Marvel, and really, really cute shoes. On weekdays she wears respectable shoes and serves as Miss Boucher, the Queen of Kindergarten. On school holidays she writes stories about romance and adventure. And wears impractical super cute shoes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">Sarah is a graduate of Brigham Young University. She lives and works in northern Utah.<i> Midnight Sisters</i> is her second novel. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit Sarah at </span><a href="http://www.saraheboucher.com/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">SarahEBoucher.com</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> o</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">r connect with her on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/saraheboucher" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Twitter</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/saraheboucher" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://instagram.com/sarieboucher" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Instagram</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/sarieb4u/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00N9QGVDC" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, or </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4471993.Sarah_Boucher" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">About Midnight Sisters:</b></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">Do not meddle with the Master's daughters.</i></i></div>
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<i style="font-family: inherit;">The words rattle around Jonas’ head. What is the punishment again? Death? Dismemberment? Jonas, the newest addition to the gardening staff, can’t recall the exact penalty for breaking the rule. What does it matter anyway? He would never dream of meddling with the Earl of Bromhurst’s haughty daughters.</i></div>
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<i style="font-family: inherit;">Until he comes face to face with Lady Ariela Spencer, the eldest of the His Lordship’s daughters.</i></div>
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<i style="font-family: inherit;">Her elusive smile and open manner cause him to question his convictions. In no time, he’s drawn into Lady Ariela's world of mystery and intrigue, a world where she and her sisters will do anything—including leaving twelve empty beds at midnight—to escape their father’s strict rules.</i></div>
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<i style="font-family: inherit;">Only Jonas can uncover the truth and save them from their father’s wrath and their own folly, if he is willing to risk everything he’s ever worked for. </i></div>
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<i style="font-family: inherit;">Midnight Sisters</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is an imaginative fairy tale retelling that promises to delight and entertain readers. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Midnight Sisters</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is available on </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9MX3BN" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> in paperback and Kindle.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><u>Meet Gisella, Hayla,
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">“It’s
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with it. Hard. Hayla began crying at the top of her lungs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">“Meanie!”
Isella screeched, grabbing at the horse. Gisella yanked back. Isella let go of
the toy and it smashed into her sister’s cheek. Gisella erupted into tears. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Poor
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">“Markus!”
From the sharp edge in her voice, I could tell it wasn’t the first time Mrs.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">“Yes,
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">She
cradled a blubbering Gisella in her arms. The girl sported a goose egg on her
forehead and the beginnings of a nasty bruise on her cheek. The look on Mrs.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">My
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me to my core. My wooden lips formed the words anyway, “Of course, Mrs.
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">Also by Sarah E Boucher:</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Brandon Gray is the pen name of Braden Bell (Brandon writes YA fiction; Braden writes for middle grades). Braden holds a Ph.D. from New York University. He and his family live on a quiet, wooded lot in Tennessee, where he teaches middle school theatre and music. An experienced performer, Braden enjoys reading, gardening, and long summer afternoons writing in his hammock. His most notable skill is being able to eat a full rack of BBQ ribs with one hand on long drives</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-indent: 0.3in;">James looked down at Lucinda’s
head resting against his shoulder, her long tresses streaming down his arm and
chest like a river of frozen fire. Her small shoulders rose and fell with each
breath, but beyond that, she didn’t move. She looked like a sleeping angel
fallen to the earth, and he had to fight the sudden urge to touch her hair. How
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">She lifted the corners of
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parents out. They have worked so hard to put this festival together. Last
night, I caught a glimpse of the toll it has taken on your mom. And frankly,
all of you have helped me so much to conquer my addiction to diet pills and my
eating disorder and feel like a normal human being again that I couldn’t
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acknowledged the truth of her statement. Even before Caitlyn had married Grant,
she’d been a walking stick. Turned out she was fighting an eating disorder that
had developed from her mother’s efforts to control her weight in order to procure
top modeling spots through the best agents in the business. “I’m glad my
parents got you into rehab when they did. It could have ended badly.” Caitlyn
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appreciated his interference. Ridge might not know what it was like to go
through an addiction on top of an eating disorder, but he knew what it was like
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Brayden Steele gave up his love of Christmas many years ago when he lost his mother and father in a car wreck. But the magic hasn’t given up on him.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">If anyone can make Drew Lawson believe in the magic of Christmas, it's the girl-next-door he's classified as completely off-limits.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">After Jane Osborne is unceremoniously dumped by a rich man, and then invited to his wedding, on (Christmas Eve no less), she decides to hire a date from Craigslist and pass him off as an upgrade.</span><br />
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KEN RETURNED TO THE CABIN relieved and excited. He’d spent most of the
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mother’s place, calling every associate he could think of, searching
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Cierra could fill. And he’d found one. Lawrence Smith, a guy Ken had
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living in Boise. Recently divorced, he had full custody of his three
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company that specialized in plywoods from Ecuador, the Philippines and
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a new one. And he didn’t mind that, for the time being, Cierra wasn’t a
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The only hard part had been convincing Larry to hire Cierra instead of
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already interviewed, and to do it sight unseen. But Ken had vouched for
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compensate Larry if she didn’t work out. Fortunately, Larry had been
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that Cierra spoke English as well as she did. He considered it a bonus
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Spanish-speaking countries.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Eager to tell Cierra the news, Ken had tried to call the cabin, but she
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now that he was home, he couldn’t get her to answer when he called her
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“Cierra? Hey, you around?” He already knew she wasn’t. That clothing
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZO-6utz-z5QuDYFrY8hEBvR4GYWaqt_DAMtqws7kzrZP7rh9woGew9lZTrCBDTxRfTz7cnTG3KjA1MRcdDSA8V-iQBDc2bbeY2mxakeUDLVdjzBhWEjCgwApg3TTTVWSqiZWRkP3An8I/s1600/Liz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ann Acton lives with her husband and children in a tiny town in Washington state. She loves the feeling of Christmas and usually finishes her shopping on Christmas Eve. She is also the author of The Miracle Maker. \n\nLiz Adair, a native of New Mexico and mother of seven, lives in southern Utah with Derrill, her husband of 50 years.\n\nA late bloomer, Liz published her first mystery (The Lodger) just as AARP started sending invitations to join. After writing three in the Spider Latham series, Liz moved into romantic suspense. She feels writing in that genre doing so is a service project. \"I remember when I was a young mother with all those kids and a slender budget,\" she says. \"I was so grateful for books that let me go places and meet people who carried on adult conversations That's what I want to write--cheap vacations.\"\n\"Amy's Star\" brings both Liz and her writing to Kanab, Utah. Look for new Spider Latham mysteries set in Kanab.\n\nTerry Deighton lives in Washington, the state not D.C., with her husband, Al. Their six children are grown and gone, and pets tend to complicate life. When she is not visiting her children and grandchildren, writing and revising, again and again, she works as a substitute teacher. Mr. Goetz in the Tweaks series is wiser and cooler, but he's made up, so it doesn't count. Mrs. Deighton started out to be a high school English teacher, but raising kids turned into a full-time job. During those years, her dream of writing books for young people grew until she had to do something about it. Her Tweaks series is a fulfillment of that dream. Her love of Christmas naturally prompted her to write \"Whit's End\" in this book and \"Just Say No-el,\" a companion novella to these three stories."}" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXEIMsQL5a_6gzlIcGP_A__o63aBYRtmD54ms9TcgNJdoDbCXXgyhpoqTnCF-2Qv1voqicudE4ol75WRLBOjFzxSmTbZLnYwmT0HHL1LXjt3e7OMAD1T_onMDt91FWuY_n-zSaiN9Ejs/s1600/ann.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXEIMsQL5a_6gzlIcGP_A__o63aBYRtmD54ms9TcgNJdoDbCXXgyhpoqTnCF-2Qv1voqicudE4ol75WRLBOjFzxSmTbZLnYwmT0HHL1LXjt3e7OMAD1T_onMDt91FWuY_n-zSaiN9Ejs/s320/ann.jpg" width="251" /></a>Ann Acton lives with her husband and children in a tiny town in Washington state. She loves the feeling of Christmas and usually finishes her shopping on Christmas Eve. She is also the author of The Miracle Maker. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZO-6utz-z5QuDYFrY8hEBvR4GYWaqt_DAMtqws7kzrZP7rh9woGew9lZTrCBDTxRfTz7cnTG3KjA1MRcdDSA8V-iQBDc2bbeY2mxakeUDLVdjzBhWEjCgwApg3TTTVWSqiZWRkP3An8I/s1600/Liz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZO-6utz-z5QuDYFrY8hEBvR4GYWaqt_DAMtqws7kzrZP7rh9woGew9lZTrCBDTxRfTz7cnTG3KjA1MRcdDSA8V-iQBDc2bbeY2mxakeUDLVdjzBhWEjCgwApg3TTTVWSqiZWRkP3An8I/s1600/Liz.jpg" /></a>Liz Adair, a native of New Mexico and mother of seven, lives in southern Utah with Derrill, her husband of 50 years.<br /><br />A late bloomer, Liz published her first mystery (The Lodger) just as AARP started sending invitations to join. After writing three in the Spider Latham series, Liz moved into romantic suspense. She feels writing in that genre doing so is a service project. "I remember when I was a young mother with all those kids and a slender budget," she says. "I was so grateful for books that let me go places and meet people who carried on adult conversations That's what I want to write--cheap vacations."<br />"Amy's Star" brings both Liz and her writing to Kanab, Utah. Look for new Spider Latham mysteries set in Kanab.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXhQBKa5YJFXMaMAWlfbg7C3r4bkZ-s_zIKPHLTIQxmzXD9SzFa2XPrz9jQiGsLucMTNaeTlKZzjCU7HIvJNBpcnzadlWudt4SToIVL50N-1q2dqdQp5i6zUc-Q64klW-II4gFABugVc/s1600/Terry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXhQBKa5YJFXMaMAWlfbg7C3r4bkZ-s_zIKPHLTIQxmzXD9SzFa2XPrz9jQiGsLucMTNaeTlKZzjCU7HIvJNBpcnzadlWudt4SToIVL50N-1q2dqdQp5i6zUc-Q64klW-II4gFABugVc/s320/Terry.jpg" width="236" /></a>Terry Deighton lives in Washington, the state not D.C., with her husband, Al. Their six children are grown and gone, and pets tend to complicate life. When she is not visiting her children and grandchildren, writing and revising, again and again, she works as a substitute teacher. Mr. Goetz in the Tweaks series is wiser and cooler, but he's made up, so it doesn't count. Mrs. Deighton started out to be a high school English teacher, but raising kids turned into a full-time job. During those years, her dream of writing books for young people grew until she had to do something about it. Her Tweaks series is a fulfillment of that dream. Her love of Christmas naturally prompted her to write "Whit's End" in this book and "Just Say No-el," a companion novella to these three stories.</span><br />
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yourself in 50 words or less. I am a human tornado of crazy energy. I live to
be busy (with 5 kids and a daycare in my home, it’s never a problem.) I am a
little shy, a loyal friend, and emotional. I will probably grab you and hug
you, even if we have just met. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">2. What do you love most in the world? I love
to laugh. It is my opinion, that if I can laugh at something, even a hard
thing, I can handle it. Luckily my family provides hours of free entertainment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">3. What do you fear most? I have an unnatural
fear of vomiting. I throw up continually with each of my pregnancies from
nearly conception to delivery, so when my kids get the stomach flu I become a
bleach-wielding germaphobe that could put crime scene clean-up crews to shame.
I am usually a very nice mommy, but the inner battle between compassion and
terror is a difficult tightrope for me when they vomit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">4. What is your largest unfulfilled dream,
and what are you doing to reach it? I am in the final few months of achieving
my Bachelor’s degree. I received my Associates 3 days before my youngest
daughter was born. She graduates from high school in the spring, so it has been
a long time coming. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">5. What is the hardest thing you've ever
done? My daughter had to have surgery at two months old. Handing that baby over
to the doctors and walking away was horrible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">6. Now that we've gotten to know each other,
tell me a story. It can be long or short. From your childhood or last week.
Funny, sad, or somewhere in between. Just make sure it's yours. What's your
story? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Well, since we’re
close friends now I’ll tell you my most horrific mommy moment. When my youngest
son was four years old we had some visitors from our church over for dinner.
These young men were new to the area, and we had never met them before.
Somewhere between, “Pass the gravy,” and “Please have some dessert,” my son
decided that he should let our very religious guests know just what was going
on in our home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">“My mom won’t
let us say the F-word,” he blurts out, “but she says it all the time.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I froze, a
scoop of potatoes midway to the nearest plate. My face blazed crimson. “I
don’t,” I said, desperately looking toward my traitor family to back me up.
Nothing but shocked looks. “I swear,” I told our new friends. “I don’t.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">“Uh huh,” my
son said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Desperately I
scanned through my mommy database, trying to figure out what the heck this kid
was talking about while toying with the idea of discretely strangling him with
the tablecloth. Then salvation popped into my brain. “What do you think the
F-word is?” I asked, half afraid he would know and half hoping he had forgotten
every alphabet lesson from preschool.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">My son looked
shocked by my question. Carefully, he leaned in and whispered, “friggin,” and
it clicked—stinking Napoleon Dynamite. My kids had rewatched the movie that
week and wouldn’t stop saying friggin in front of everything. After four days,
I banned even the mention of the word, and now my son had found a way, even if
he didn’t know it, to make me pay. It’s a funny story now, but I’ll tell you at
the time I was sweating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">~ <a href="http://sezlizadair.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Liz Adair blog</span></a> ~ </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">~ <a href="http://amazon.com/author/terrydeighton" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Terry Deighton Amazon Page</span></a> ~ </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">~ <a href="https://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Ann Acton Amazon Page</span></a> ~</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"> ~ <a href="http://annacton.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Ann Acton Website</span></a> ~</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">I couldn’t do anything but stare, first at the stranger and then my
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<span lang="EN-US">“Jeremy,” I began, trying to find a way out, “We don’t. . .”<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">I froze. This couldn’t happen. I could not drive around town with
some strange, dirty, homeless man. He looked and smelled like he hadn’t bathed
in months. And besides that, putting him in the car with my children definitely
didn’t feel safe. Who knew what he might do? It would be rude to tell Glen he
couldn’t come, but should I sacrifice our lives because I didn’t want to offend
a possible serial killer? I searched desperately for Ethan. He could fix this.
He had to fix this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">1.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I love to chew ice, especially
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I once posed for a romance book
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I once rode on a parade float in
a remote Alaskan village. We threw candy and the crowd, who had never seen this
done before, got angry and threw it back at us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">My family wagon was a monster
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I sometimes pull faces when I am
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The worst job I ever had was
baking pumpkins pies all night long.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I clean when I am angry. My
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">When I was in college I was in a
bag pipe band.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">When I was young, my family owned
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fun and outgoing, love
to create crafty things and teach others how to as well. I also love
telling stories and living in my fantasy world. I love to make people laugh and
be happy. In my writing I love to shock people, and invoke intense feelings.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">2. What do you
love most in the world? This is a hard question as love is a very intense
emotion. I love books, and writing, coffee, chocolate, and of course
various people and my dog. But what do I love the most? Feeling accomplished,
knowing I have done something that has helped someone for the better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AngelCrestBooks/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Facebook</span></a> ~ <a href="http://chelseaoneal.weebly.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Website</span></a> ~ <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chelsea-ONeal/e/B00E1IYQP2/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Amazon</span></a> ~</span></b><br />
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<strong>ABOUT<em> THE INVISIBLE CROWN</em>:</strong> </div>
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"The city of Arcadia is a craphole, but it’s my craphole. I’ve walked its streets my entire life, always searching for something: a purpose, a suspect, or a stiff drink. My name’s Eddie Hazzard, and I’m a hard-boiled detective. Yeah, laugh it up. It’s a ridiculous job description, but this is a ridiculous town. It’s full of every cliché you can imagine: corrupt city officials, police officers on the take, greedy businessmen, and crime so organized it has an accounting department, a health plan, and retirement benefits. Which is more than I can say for myself.” </div>
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Meet Eddie Hazzard: he’s tenacious, a certain kind of clever, and usually drunk. When a beautiful woman comes into his office and asks him to find her husband, Eddie takes the case because the alternative is having his creditors show up at his door and do terrible things to his limbs. But the case takes a series of bizarre turns, getting Eddie caught up in a tangled web of reluctant cops, sketchy businessmen, and shadowy crime bosses. The deeper he gets, the worse things look. Will Eddie solve the case? Will he save the day? Most importantly, will he get paid?
The Invisible Crown is the first full-length novel of a series featuring Detective Hazzard and the bizarre, bewildering array of tough mobsters, genetically-modified creeps, and ruthless scumbags who inhabit the city of Arcadia.
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<b>MY REVIEW: </b>This is one of the coolest stories I've read in a long time. The futuristic setting is Gotham meets Blade Runner (sans the replicants), very dark and dismal and full of interesting characters. The protagonist, Eddie Hazzard, is straight out of 40s noir all the way down to his smoking, drinking, and trenchcoat. The thing I liked most about him, aside from his sarcasm, is that Cottrell didn't try to make him a futuristic version of a noir detective, but left him very much as a man out of time and place. The ending was unexpected and satisfying, which always makes me happy. Definitely read this book!</div>
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For the next week, Royal James Publishing is going to release pieces of the short story, <em>Solitaire . </em>The short story, <em>Solitaire</em><em> </em>takes place immediately before novel, <em>The Invisible Crown. </em>It will serve as the introduction into the amazing world Charlie created. Today is the second day! Click <a href="http://wp.me/p7mDgk-Ew">here</a> for day one's section! </div>
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I waited until early evening to go out to investigate. Not because I was hungover – though the mild headache I’d been fighting all day had proven effective at killing any desire I had to go out while the sun was still up – but because the sort of skulking and law bending I’d have to do to investigate was much easier to accomplish if everyone else had gone home for the day. </div>
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I filled the afternoon with a bit of research on Mr. Pennington, half a bottle of whiskey – hair of the dog and all that – and three more lost games of solitaire. I decided to try Pennington’s lawyer’s office first, figuring any important business or financial documents – the sort his ex-wife hinted were taken – would likely be kept in a safe there. Pennington’s lawyer was Caius Vellum, well-known in the fancier circles of Arcadian Society as the guy who could help you get away with just about anything. In my research that afternoon, I’d turned up some news articles from several months ago about Pennington’s, as his ex-wife called them, “nocturnal habits,” and it sounded pretty weird, even by Arcadia standards. But Vellum had managed to avoid getting any charges pressed against his client, and the whole episode had eventually been passed off as just an eccentricity on Pennington’s part. </div>
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Vellum left the office at half-past six, and I sat across the street in a coffee shop for another half hour after that before deciding the place was empty and I could get in. I slipped out of my booth and trotted across the street, my jacket collar turned up against the encroaching October wind and my hat brim pulled low over my eyes. I reached the office building and inspected the lock. The security system was an electronic pad with several security measures, including retina scan, DNA scan, and fingerprint pad. You had to pass all three for the door to unlock for you automatically. The actual lock itself, though, was a traditional deadbolt, and one it was quite easy to jimmy open with a few seconds’ work with a lock pick. I heard the lock’s tumblers click into place, but I waited to open the door until after I’d placed a flat, matte-black square over the security panel next to the door. I pressed a button on the box, which hummed quietly for a few seconds, then beeped. A small green LED lit up, indicating the alarm system linked to the door had been deactivated. Pocketing my lock pick and the security bypass, I turned the doorknob and pushed open the door, which swung silently into the office. I glanced around to see if anyone was watching me, then ducked into the building and shut the door behind me with a muffled click.</div>
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I let my eyes adjust to the darkness as I dug through my pocket for my safe cracking kit. The kit was another small box, about two inches on a side, and about as thick as a pack of cigarettes. It would use magnets and some other science-y mumbo-jumbo to rotate the tumblers in the safe’s lock and open the thing up quickly and quietly. While I could pick the lock on a safe manually, as I’d done with the door, it would take a lot longer. The safe cracking box was fast and reliable. I found it and made my way to Vellum’s inner sanctum, sidling around expensive lobby furnishings and deeper into the dark recesses of the office.</div>
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I reached Vellum’s private office and crept over to his desk, feeling for a light panel. I found the panel and tapped it lightly, creating a dim ambient light in the room and temporarily blinding me a bit. When I regained my vision, I saw I was not alone.
Crouched in front of the safe was someone clad in burglar black from head to toe. They already had the safe open and several piles of important-looking documents strewn about the floor. They were frozen in place, staring right at me as I stared back at them. </div>
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“I’m just here for some documents from the safe,” I said casually, trying to remember if I’d packed the popgun or not. A certain absence of weight under my left arm told me I had not remembered, much to my frustration. “I don’t want to get involved in any violence here, pal. Let me get what I came for, and you can rob this legal leech blind for all I care.”</div>
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“Look, I don’t want any trouble,” I said, backing away and raising my hands placatingly. “I really don’t give a damn what you’re doing here or who you are, I just want to get what I came for and get out.”
As the burglar advanced on me, I reached out and slapped the light panel. The panel was set to bring up the light based on intensity of touch; my heavier touch caused the light to flash to full brightness in an instant, temporarily blinding my opponent and giving me the chance to grope around for a weapon.</div>
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I found a large, heavy paperweight with my left hand, grabbed it, and quickly twisted away to the right to avoid the already-recovered burglar’s slashing swing with that baton. The baton extended in flight, slapping down across the desk and cracking the smooth, glassy surface. I turned my twist into a full 360, bringing the paperweight up to slam it into the burglar’s head. They ducked my attack, throwing me off-balance a bit. As I recovered my footing, the baton slammed into my midsection, and the burglar touched a button on the end of the baton that sent a few thousand volts coursing through my body. I twitched uncontrollably, dropping my improvised weapon and collapsing on the floor. With no input from me, my body decided to twitch a bit more once I landed.</div>
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Meanwhile, the burglar turned back to the safe, gathered up all of the documents and folders they had taken out of it, and started for the door. I had just enough self-control to reach out and grab them by the ankle, but nowhere near enough energy to actually hold on. The burglar shook off my enfeebled hand, striding out the door and the office.</div>
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“Nothing personal,” they said in a harsh, robotic tone, their real voice masked, “but you weren’t even playing the same game I was, here.”</div>
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With that, they vanished, leaving me alone and twitching on the office floor.
It took me a few minutes to regain control of my limbs, and even then it was a pretty shaky proposition. I struggled into a sitting position, clutching my bruised gut and wondering just what the hell had happened. I scooted over to the safe to see if there were any documents left inside, knowing there wouldn’t be. I looked anyway. There weren’t. Being right all the time can be a bit of a burden in situations like these.</div>
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“Okay,” I muttered to myself, staggering to my feet, “I know there’s someone out there with the files I need. It can’t be a coincidence someone burglarized this place the same night I came to do my investigation. So, who else would want these papers?”
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">“I think we’re finished. Let’s give it the once over and then
move The Beast to the quilt frame.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> “Oh, no!”
Annie cried out as she inspected the fabric. “The Beast drew blood.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hurried over to study the three inch long pattern of red dots near the top
corner. “That’s fresh blood. Which one of us is bleeding?”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> They both
inspected their fingers.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> “It’s
me,” Annie sighed. “Of course I felt the pricks as we pinned this thing in
place, but I had no idea any of them were deep enough to make me bleed.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> The
doorbell rang.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> “It must
be Celia,” Lynn said. “I’ll let her in and bring a Band-aid, a rag and my stain
remover on the way back.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> “What are
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the laundry room.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> “Annie
accidentally dripped blood on The Beast. We need to get it out while it’s still
fresh.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> Without
another word, Celia broke into a run down the hall.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> “Spit on
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> Startled,
Annie jerked to her full height, her eyes wide as she peered over the top of
her glasses.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> “I
already bled all over The Beast. Now you want me to curse it by spitting on
it?”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Logan scanned the living
room. It was eerily silent in the humongous house. He</span><span lang="EN-US">’d
been pleasantly surprised at how well it had stood the test of time. Granted,
there were a lot of things that were going to have to be replaced, but all in
all, the structure was very sturdy. He liked old houses. It was impressive to
him the amount of time and care that was put into each one and he liked the
fact they were reliable homes. Nothing like the thrown together fabrications a
lot of homes were made out of nowadays. There was nothing wrong with the homes
of the present, but he had an affinity for any home that was more than seventy
years old. It meant some time had gone into its construction and more than
likely there was a story behind it. He was about to turn to head up the creaky
stairs when he heard a car pull up outside and he walked to the front of the
house. He was there to meet Ms. N.V. McAlister to do a walk through and get her
specifications on the changes she wanted made in order to get started on the
blueprints. He hoped she didn’t want to make too many changes to the home. It
was beautiful the way it was and he could only imagine the big shot she must be
would want to modernize every single thing about the house. By the time she was
done, it would probably resemble the house from <i>Beetlejuice</i>. He grimaced at the thought of it, clutching his <i>iPad</i> in his hands and opened the door.
He waited patiently as the black <i>Audi</i>
rolled to a stop and a well-heeled and very shapely leg exited the open driver
door followed by another. He headed down the steps of the front porch and his
eyes widened when the driver emerged from the car. <i>You have got to be
kidding me. That can’t be…</i></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“</span><span lang="EN-US">Hello,
I’m En…” Both seemed to come to the same realization at the same time. He
watched her remove her sunglasses and could see the memory of their first
encounter flash through her eyes. “<i>You</i>.
What are you doing here?”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Logan swallowed hard and
tried his best to control the level of his voice. He could only think about how
rude she</span><span lang="EN-US">’d been to him and Gracie a little more than a
week ago and it looked like the favor he’d done her hadn’t changed her
disposition. “I’m Logan Edwards. You contracted me to do this job.” He almost
got a strange satisfaction from seeing her face fall knowing she had hired him
to work on her house project. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“</span><span lang="EN-US">I
spoke with another gentleman.” She pursed her lips and he noticed for the first
time, the small beauty mark she had right above the left side of her deep plum
stained lips. The night they’d first met, he’d been too preoccupied with her
haughty attitude to notice she was a beautiful woman. Her auburn hair was
pulled back from her perfectly made up face. And her almond shaped eyes had a
russet tint just a tad darker than her hair. Her shapely body was covered in a
tailored black pinstripe suit. She had ample curves kept toned by workouts no
doubt, but still had the kind of womanly body that could keep a man up all night.
He blinked and tried to think of anything else because he was a little thrown
by his own admiration of her. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“</span><span lang="EN-US">My
brother, Alex. He and I run the business together.”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“</span><span lang="EN-US">Well,
this isn’t going to work.”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Logan breathed deep
remembering the words of his brother. </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Behave
yourself. Lots of money riding on this. Big opportunities. Aw, hell. </span></i><span lang="EN-US">“Look lady, I’m here to do a job. We’re the best you’re going to
find when it comes to a task like this. You’ve already signed a contract and I
do have other projects I need to tend to today. So if we could just get
started, the quicker this is over, the faster you can go back to your ivory
tower.” <i>Alex was going to kill him.</i></span><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Her eyes
narrowed and he could see her frustration and anger building. “I would think
you would be a little more professional when you first meet someone to do
business with them.”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“</span><span lang="EN-US">I would,
but this isn’t our first meeting and I’m just giving what I get. I would think
you would want to be nicer to the person that’s going to restore your new home,
but that isn’t the case is it?” He tilted his head and gave her the most
insolent smile he could muster. <i>Who does this woman think she is?</i> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“</span><span lang="EN-US">I
will not stand here being talked to this way. You are working for me and you
could learn a thing or two about customer service.” She started up the steps to
the house, pausing for a moment before she reached the top and turned. “Are you
coming or will I need to do this alone?”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Logan</span><span lang="EN-US">’s
jaw twitched watching her very curvy bottom twist from side to side as she
continued to ascend the stairs. His dentist would chastise him during his next
scheduled appointment from gritting his teeth down to nubs. He was going to be
nuts by the time this job was over. <i>Dear God, give me strength.</i></span><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">When she’s not writing, Joyce loves to read, play the piano, and spend time with her sister and friends. A highlight of her year is attending the annual Arizona Renaissance Festival . Joyce is a multi-published, multi-award winning author who specializes in sweet medieval romances heavily spiced with mystery and adventure. She lives with her two cats, Clio and Glinka Rimsky-Korsokov, in Mesa, Arizona.</span><br />
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What do you fear most?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Bugs, broken plumbing, bugs, broken plumbing, bugs, broken
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What is your largest unfulfilled dream, and what are you doing to reach it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Hmmm. I don’t think I sit around contemplating unfulfilled
dreams. I just kind of live each day the best I can. And spend entirely too
much time worrying about things that might happen that fortunately seldom do.
Maybe my unfulfilled dream is to be less of a worrier? I’m trying to exercise
more faith in the Lord, but I confess I backslide entirely too often. I keep
trying though. I hope we get points for that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one hand to the reliquary box, a ten-by-ten inch square container made of
polished oak with intricate carvings that seemed in the dark as though they
danced beneath her fingertips. To her dismay, when she sought to lift the box,
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do you write to a music,
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I usually turn on Pandora when I write. There is
a Regency Era music station that I like. I also listen to instrumental/new
age—nothing with lyrics or a drum beat. If I’m somewhere without internet, I
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">"All writers must have
cats, especially if they write fantasy or speculative fiction." Do you
have a stand on this one? Any cute pictures of your kitty or other pet?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am definitely a cat person but I do not
currently have one. My last cat died and I haven’t gotten another cat. I might
get a pair of kittens in the future if I can sweet talk my non-animal lover
husband into it, but we’re cat-free—for now ;-)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Emily stared at
the letter in her trembling hands. She should have burned it. She should have
burned all his letters. Instead, they all remained carefully stored in a box in
her nightstand to taunt her that she’d found the man of her dreams, and he’d dismissed
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">As she gazed on
him, blinking her leaf-green eyes in disbelief, he had to clench his fists lest
he march to her and sweep her into his arms. He stood trembling with restraint,
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<style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Debbie currently lives in northern California where the beautiful landscapes are often the settings in her books. The jagged coastline, the rolling hills with vineyards and the redwood forest make wonderful sceneries for her romance novellas. \nWhen Debbie isn\u2019t writing or traveling to a book signing, she\u2019s visiting her family on the east coast, traveling to other places on her bucket list, enjoying her backyard, hiking with her husband and riding on the back of their motorcycle. \nAlthough she currently writes romance and women\u2019s fiction, Debbie\u2019s book Ties That Bind is categorized as general literary fiction. Based on true events, Ties That Bind holds a special place in her heart.\nAs an avid animal lover and parent to two rescue dogs, Debbie donates a portion of her proceeds to animal rescue organizations. When you purchase one of her books, you\u2019re also helping a furry pet with shelter, food and ultimately a new home!\n"}" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans" , sans-serif;">Debbie currently lives in northern California where the beautiful landscapes are often the settings in her books. The jagged coastline, the rolling hills with vineyards and the redwood forest make wonderful sceneries for her romance novellas. <br />When Debbie isn’t writing or traveling to a book signing, she’s visiting her family on the east coast, traveling to other places on her bucket list, enjoying her backyard, hiking with her husband and riding on the back of their motorcycle. <br />Although she currently writes romance and women’s fiction, Debbie’s book Ties That Bind is categorized as general literary fiction. Based on true events, Ties That Bind holds a special place in her heart.<br />As an avid animal lover and parent to two rescue dogs, Debbie donates a portion of her proceeds to animal rescue organizations. When you purchase one of her books, you’re also helping a furry pet with shelter, food and ultimately a new home!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> Just that the world has gotten a bit
scary and I worry about my granddaughters. I worry about drugs, crime and
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What is your largest unfulfilled dream, and what are you doing to reach it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> I have many unfulfilled dreams. I’d
love to make either the USA Today or NYT bestseller list. I’m working with two
box sets that hopefully will do that. My other unfulfilled dream is to retire
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Melissa drove up the long driveway and
parked. She almost didn’t recognize the place. The guys had made a lot of
progress and soon they’d begin constructing the pavilion. Melissa could
envision twinkling white lights, glowing logs in the fire pit, and low music
coming out of the speakers. She was already planning the landscaping—lavender
and other drought tolerant plants in redwood planters and hanging baskets of
lantana would bring the color she was looking for. She took in a deep breath.
The smell of freshly cut redwood filled
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watching Trent as he operated the small back hoe. She quickly moved her
attention from Trent to the rest of the crew and watched for a moment while
they wrestled with some huge boulders. After a few minutes of watching them,
she resumed watching Trent. When he finally looked her way she flashed him a
smile and a wave at the same time. He cut the motor off of the small tractor
and soon made his way toward her, a huge smile stretching across his face. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> “Trent, everything looks great. I can’t
believe my eyes.” She gently caressed his arm. She could feel him stiffen
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> “I’m glad you approve. I think it is
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Melissa motioned to the picnic table.
“Can we talk?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sat down. He wiped the sweat from his brow, brushing his hand on his jeans.
“What happened?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> “I did as you suggested. I tried to
persuade him I had some kind of negative evidence. But without actually handing
it over to him, he didn’t believe me for one second.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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redwood picnic table. He gazed off toward the road and then fixed his gaze on
her. “I have one more ace in the hole.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Melissa’s eyes widened. “Oh?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Trent scooted closer toward her. He leaned
in close. As Melissa listened to Trent,
her eyes widened as the details unfolded. She nodded every now and then
acknowledging what he said. When he finished,
she leaned back and stiffened her back straight, letting out a sigh. A sly
smile fixed on her mouth. “I see. This changes a lot.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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head. He brushed his hand through his hair. Melissa could see that it pained
him to tell her what he’d just divulged. She reached over and caressed his arm.
“I’ll be careful. He won’t know you said a thing,” she said, her face
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a moment and then Trent leaned in and kissed her. She closed her eyes and took
in the softness of his mouth. She leaned back and smiled. “That was nice. I wasn’t
expecting that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’ve wanted to do
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<style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Natalie-Nicole Bates is a book reviewer and author. \nHer passions in life include books and hockey along with Victorian photography, Frozen Charlotte dolls, and antique poison bottles. Natalie contributes her uncharacteristic love of hockey to being born in Russia.\nShe currently resides in the UK where she is working on her next book and adding to her collection of 19th century post-mortem photos.\n"}" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans" , sans-serif;">Natalie-Nicole Bates is a book reviewer and author. <br />Her passions in life include books and hockey along with Victorian photography, Frozen Charlotte dolls, and antique poison bottles. Natalie contributes her uncharacteristic love of hockey to being born in Russia.<br />She currently resides in the UK where she is working on her next book and adding to her collection of 19th century post-mortem photos.</span><br />
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When he sees Meggie, he is intrigued by the eccentric woman with vibrant red hair, who wears tie-dye and flower headbands. When he gets to know her, she becomes something else to him – hope, joy, and maybe even love.</div>
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Meggie Marie, with bright, festive red hair, adorned with a headband of
large green roses that would seem ostentatious on almost any other woman. Yet
she carried it off magnificently. She wore a dress of tie-dye green that fell
to her knees. She was petite, but curvy with porcelain skin and beautiful red
lips that reminded him of a perfect doll. When she smiled, she just</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-US">shined.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">I placed my flip flop on the pedal and
pushed behind Anthony as we made our way along the sidewalk. We wove along the
neighborhood streets, looking at the dry creek beds and gravel landscaping.
Christmas lights were wrapped around the trunks of palm trees and weaved in and
out of cactus prickles. It took a very brave soul to decorate the saguaro or
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<span style="color: #222222;">Another example that I wasn't made of
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<span style="color: #222222;">Even the Acacia, Ironwood, and Mesquite
trees had thorns. And the lovely fuchsia Bougainvillea? I looked down at some
scratches on my fleshy arms. Well, the Bougainvillea had won the battle the
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Eden Saunders is a single mother who has learned to accept tragedy in her life. Her mother died during childbirth and her husband was killed just three years after they married. Eden’s existence revolves around raising her ten year old daughter, Gabby. But when she is curiously prompted to look into her unknown lineage, Eden finds herself desiring things she has suppressed most of her adult life: adventure, love, and destiny.</div>
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In discovering where she came from, Eden inherits a key from her deceased mother that opens doors to worlds beyond her imagination, including the world that should have been her home. The only thing stopping her from exploring them is the fear of leaving her own daughter behind. The Door Keeper explores the circle of mother/daughter legacies, and the bond that unites them – a bond that even death can not break.</div>
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Steen was born and raised in Woodstock, Georgia. While she has only recently discovered her passion for writing, she has always been an artist and a storyteller. A couple of years ago, a story idea gripped her and wouldn’t let go until she wrote it all down. <em>The Door Keeper</em> is her debut novel and she can’t wait to pursue all of the other stories that have built up in her over the last three and a half decades.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arvo";">Papa reveals secrets about the trees’ matchmaking power just as a highway expansion threatens to destroy the family legacy. Mark is determined to save the farm, and the promise of love stirring in the branches of the Shafer miracle trees. Heartwarming and engaging, </span><br />
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trees are exactly alike. Growing them may be a science, but choosing the right
one to decorate for Christmas—well, that’s an art. And it was the only thing
Angela’s daughter wanted for her ninth birthday—to go to Mark Shafer’s farm and
find the perfect tree for Christmas. And why wouldn’t she? As Mark’s
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Brandon Gray is the pen name of Braden Bell (Brandon writes YA fiction; Braden writes for middle grades). Braden holds a Ph.D. from New York University. He and his family live on a quiet, wooded lot in Tennessee, where he teaches middle school theatre and music. An experienced performer, Braden enjoys reading, gardening, and long summer afternoons writing in his hammock. His most notable skill is being able to eat a full rack of BBQ ribs with one hand on long drives</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>The Forgotten Carols</i></b>, a seasonal concert favorite, celebrates its 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary this year. Michael McLean, a well-known performer, composer, songwriter, author and director staged his first one-man concert in 1991 with the hopes of it becoming a tradition families would enjoy. For those first performances McLean played all the parts to give people a sense of how families could create their own narration at home.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Forgotten Carols</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> 2016 concert schedule includes performances in four states Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Arizona. The production has arranged over 20 shows in 12 different cities and showcases an elegant arrangement of special musical choral performances and solos. McLean stars as one of the musical’s primary characters, John, an elderly gentleman who helps Constance, a young nurse who can’t be bothered with Christmas, discover a new love for the season. </span></div>
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six-foot-tall roaches, so it would be hard to name a complete cast. (I will
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cute redhead, so perhaps Harley Bird would work but as far as Hudson . . .
well, I wish Jonathan Taylor Thomas was thirteen and not thirty-five,
because he had that sort<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="il">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>mischevious
charm that I imagine Hudson to have. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">SOMETIMES
MAGIC SNEAKS up on a person like a sudden rainstorm, or bad news, or a mugger
wearing really quiet shoes. That’s what happened to Hudson Brown. He was an
average eighth grader, with average brown hair that usually needed to be cut
and average brown eyes that didn’t always pay attention to his teachers. He
lived in an average bedroom that needed to be cleaned and had average friends—
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told, magic hadn’t believed in Hudson for even longer, but boys are often
getting tangled in trouble, and Hudson was no exception. Except his trouble
involved trolls, wizards, and several other things that wanted to kill him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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